Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Made possible by the generosity of Mimi Haas and named in honor of her late husband, the Peter E. Haas Public Service Leaders Program seeks to grow a new generation of leaders devoted to serving the public good. Peter Haas was a legendary Cal alumnus and friend to UC Berkeley who was known for his deep commitment to helping others.

The program provides scholarships and leadership training for up to 20 undergraduates who demonstrate a commitment to taking action in support of the University’s public service mission. By cultivating student leadership and a lifelong commitment to service, the program has an ever-broadening impact in supporting those students to engage their peers in public service.

This innovative program provides need-based scholarships ranging from $2,500 to $5,000, reducing the financial contribution expected of students and their families and making it possible for students from all income backgrounds to commit more time to service activities. Students who are selected will participate in a year-long leadership development program through the UC Berkeley Public Service Center. Please spread the word across campus to students who exhibit a strong commitment to public service and demonstrated financial need.

Applications are now being accepted for the program, and the deadline for all students (current and incoming transfer students) to apply is Wednesday, April 2. More information and applications can be found on the Public Service Center website: http://publicservice.berkeley.edu/haasleaders

The Buckminster Fuller Institute: Call for Proposals for our annual 100k whole-systems design award. We admire the work that you do and think that your networks—faculty, alumni, student, personal, professional—may include some strong potential candidates for the Fuller Challenge.

Ecovative, is an innovative bio-materials company started by two students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Waterbank Schools, one of our finalists and recipients of an additional 25k award, was founded by two professors that combine teaching with international development work.

If you know of any appropriate list serves within Berkeley or individuals in your personal or professional networks that you think may be interested in this opportunity I would greatly appreciate you sharing it. The deadline to apply is April 11, 2014.

Ever wonder what grad school review committees look for in an application? Well look no further and attend next GiGS workshop to get all your questions answered. We will have a panel of Professors and administrators from diverse on-campus programs (i.e., Sociology, Law, Ethnic Studies etc) that review applications and will be able to answer your questions regarding:

Application materials

Admission process

Funding

What? Professor and Administrator Panel

Why? Prepare a strong grad application by understanding how to stand out and what constitutes an outstanding application.

The Northern California Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) invites you to submit your portfolios for the 2014 Inaugural Julia Morgan Awards. As you undoubtedly know, Julia Morgan was a nationally recognized and prolific California architect in the early 20th century whose work includes hundreds of buildings in California and her most widely known work of Hearst Castle. Memorializing her brilliant legacy, the awards will recognize and honor architects, designers, artisans, students and patrons for their achievements in the contemporary practice of classical traditions.

The extended submission deadline for students is Friday, March 28th, 2014 with the awards ceremony on June 12th, 2014 at the historic Carolands Chateau in Hillsborough. Submission of a portfolio would be an engaging step for students to begin participating in the local Northern California community of design and craftsmanship. The ICAA membership requirement is waived for students and in exchange, each student who submits a project will receive a complimentary one year Student Membership to the ICAA – an exciting opportunity for all. Please view the attached Call for Entries pdf for submission guidelines and refer to our website www.classicist-nocal.org

For more information about our organization and all that it has to offer. For further questions, contact our Chapter Coordinator, Nancy O’Connor atinfo@classicist-nocal.org or 415.445.6792.

DawnTown Miami has launched its architecture ideas competition for the 2014 season entitled Alternative Mobilities.

Increasing fuel prices and tightening infrastructure budgets are leading many commuters to seek alternative modes of transportation. Alternative Mobilities explores a different type of transportation hub, oriented towards providing personal and pedestrian transport, without the large public budgets necessary to produce mass transit networks of the tradition bus and rail super projects. Providing low-cost, low-fuel, high efficiency private transit without interfering with existing transport modes, Alternative Mobilities seeks a new form of urban transportation network: personal, inexpensive, fast, mobile, efficient and available on demand

Attached in this email is our competition poster. Please consider distributing it through your social media outlets and also among your fellow faculty, students, alumni, and colleagues.

The Fund for the Public Interest is a national non-profit organization that works to build support for progressive organizations across the country. We run campaigns for the Human Rights Campaign, USPIRG, and Environment America. This summer we will be in over 50 cities, working and lobbying to help win environmental and social justice campaigns.

We will be holding information sessions and interviews at The University of California, Berkeley on Tuesday, and Wednesday 4/8-4/9 at 10, 2, 4, and 6.

The ten week, hands-on, multi-disciplinary, educational program will take place amid the Blue Ridge Mountains in beautiful Asheville, NC. The DesignBuild Studio will runs from June 2 to August 8, 2014. Student applications are due by April1. Please feel free to share this announcement with your students.

The 2014DesignBuild Studio will explore the process of developing conceptual solutions and translating them into a built space. The program will be led by instructors Luke W. Perry and Miriam Gee, both returning from last year's studio.

The DesignBuild Studio is open to collegiate and graduate level students who are interested in learning more about the built environment and how it interfaces with individuals and local communities. The DesignBuild Studio will be an equivalent of six credit hours. Each participant will be responsible to coordinate the transfer of credit with their host College or University.

Interested students can visit our DesignBuild Studio webpage to submit an online application (PDFs of applications are also available to download). In addition, students can inquire with Chris Joyell (chris@ashevilledesigncenter.org) to receive additional information re: project description, tuition, scholarships, housing, application and selection process.

TEACH.org is looking to hire students on campus to help recruit the next generation of teachers. We need organized, detail-oriented students with excellent communication skills.

TEACH.org is a coalition of public, private and government sponsors who have united for the common good of the American education system. Its mission is to help great candidates find places in today's rapidly evolving classrooms.

The Job:Campus organizers will receive training and begin on-campus work in early February. Campus organizers will be responsible for:· Speaking to classes and student groups· Planning and executing events· Working with resource centers and career centers· Distributing TEACH materials· Staffing pop-up recruitment centers· Providing on-campus visibility for TEACH, and using social media to promote the TEACH mission.

For more information or to apply for the position, please contact Nina Scheinman at Nina.Scheinman@teach.org with your current resume and contact information. Please include your area of study and current GPA.

Applications are now available for the Fall 2013-Spring 2014 CED Admissions Ambassador Internship cohort.

Share your experience, passion, and expertise of being a student in the CEDReach out to prospective high school and community college students.Network with CED students, faculty, staff, and campus-wide outreach groups.Gain valuable professional, communication, and community building skills.

For those who want to become certified to do this training, there is a Facilitator Training. Please emailambrosio@berkeley.edu if you are interested. This will include attending $mart $tart plus the facilitator training until 3:30pm. Cost - $50 to WAGE Project.

Cost: $250 ($200 for full time students)The cost of the entire course including 5+ hours of in-class training, 5 realistic mock exams and professional study guide is $250 ($200 for full-time students). The actual fee for writing the exam is governed by the GBCI and is $200 (www.gbci.org for more information). This course meets the eligibility requirements to write the GA exam. It is worthwhile to keep in mind that similar courses offered by other organizations cost $700+ (without exam fees).

Feel free to contact us at any time if you have any questionsLorne Mlotek BASc., LEED AP BD+C

A part-time position is available for an entry level technical assistant with a background and/or academic studies in architectural design, room acoustics, technical building systems (MEP, AV, etc), and/or music performance. Candidates should have strong math/technical skills, and good and graphic communication skills.

We are currently offering full-time positions in Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Jose and Seattle to college graduates interested in doing a year of service. City Year is a great opportunity for young people to build their leadership skills and make a difference in the lives of children.

City Year is an education focused, nonprofit organization that unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service to keep students in school and on track to graduation. At City Year’s 24 locations across the United States and two international affiliates, teams of young people called corps members serve full-time in schools for 10 months as tutors, mentors and role models. By focusing on attendance, behavior and course performance, corps members are uniquely able to help students and schools succeed. Visit cityyear.org to learn

This Spring (multi-weekends, March 27 - May 18), in collaboration with some of the region’s and world’s most amazing educators, social change leaders, and visionary organizations, Empowerment WORKS (EW) and Living Mandala (LM), are hosting a ground-breaking training advancing local unity and global resiliency.

We have special scholarship opportunities available for UC Berkeley students for this training.More info on applying for scholarships here: http://www.livingmandala.com/7SS

SCHEDULETo make more possible for those with school, work, and other commitments, rather than 2 weeks straight, this Bay Area course will be delivered over 4 weekend modules from March 27 - May 18 at the MA Center / GreenFriends Farm in Castro Valley, California, (approx 20 min east of Oakland).

Friday, March 7, 2014

This Spring (multi-weekends, March 27 - May 18), in collaboration with some of the region’s and world’s most amazing educators, social change leaders, and visionary organizations, Empowerment WORKS (EW) and Living Mandala (LM), are hosting a ground-breaking training advancing local unity and global resiliency.

We have special scholarship opportunities available for UC Berkeley students for this training!More info on applying for scholarships here: http://www.livingmandala.com/7SS

4 MODULES: at the MA Center / GreenFriends Farm in Castro Valley, California, (approx 20 min east of Oakland).(participate in individual modules or the entire course)

The Fellowship of Reconciliation needs an assistant in March 2014 to complete detail-oriented work for a report on US military assistance and human rights in Colombia that will be published this Spring. The tasks - estimated up to 20 hours - include matching municipal codes to data in an excel file of municipalities where extrajudicial executions occurred, in order to generate maps. A person with skills in generating charts from data tables in Excel is also needed. Compensation if $15/hour ($20/hour for a person with chart-creation skills), and work must be completed as soon as possible, in any case during this month. Preference is to work with someone in Oakland/Berkeley area, though would work with someone outside the Bay Area if they are available now and have the skills. Please send a cover letter and resume to John Lindsay-Poland, at johnlp@forusa.org.

A part-time position is available for an entry level technical assistant with a background and/or academic studies in architectural design, room acoustics, technical building systems (MEP, AV, etc), and/or music performance. Candidates should have strong math/technical skills, and good and graphic communication skills.

Responsibilities/Description/Role:Read and understand architectural and construction drawingsRead and understand technical building system documents including MEP, audio, and theatrical systemsOrganize design information for analysisDevelop spreadsheets, tables, and use various calculation tools to analyze sound fields and noise emissions.Develop technical acoustic details and graphicsAssist in the preparation of reports, and graphic recommendationsAssist in acoustic measurement and data analysis.

Uniting research, analysis, and advocacy to change the world!We are currently accepting applications for the Lisa Kernan Social Justice Fellows Program to honor the life and work of Lisa Devereux Kernan. Fellowships will be provided for a four week Program in the late Spring to early Summer 2014 to two outstanding students with a demonstrated commitment to social justice.

Due date for application: April 7, 2014.

Fellows will receive a stipend of $1,000 for the Program.

Examples of projects on which Kernan Fellows may work include: • CPATH Trade and Health Project examining proposals regarding access to public health, tobacco control, essential medicines, and related issues in pending trade agreements, including the Trans Pacific Partnership. (url:www.cpath.org) • EQUAL Health Network – A project bringing a strong public voice for implementation of national health care reform, including advocacy for reproductive health care and inclusion of immigrants, and single payer proposals. (url:www.equalhealth.info)

WHEN? Please tell us in your application when you are available between May 1 and July 31. We'll determine the exact dates based on your replies and other factors.

March 9Make Hamamatsu kites using bamboo, rice paper, and indigo with members of the International Association of Tako Age (IATA), participate in the second Carnatic song session hosted by Sangati Center and in a songwriter session convened by Subterranean Art House, check out he dye lab, and get sweaty in the second art-gym Sweat Session.

March 16Calling all kid creators! Bring your creative projects to BAM/PFA and share your work as part of a DIY Club meet-up (diy.org). Plus you can experiment with sound and video synthesis with The Something. The print shop will also be open for making mail art.

March 23Legendary choreographer Anna Halprin and dancer Dohee Lee lead a dance workshop. Plus the ceramics studio will be open for creating new work.

March 30The dye lab hosts a day of art-adornment experiments as we join the artists and staff of Creative Growth in preparing for the L@TE: Creative Growth Beyond Trend Runway Event at BAM/PFA on Friday, April 4. Bring garments to customize with fabric markers and paint, stamps, and dye. Plus make flyers in the print shop and beads and jewelry in the ceramics studio

Infosessions on Tuesday 3/4 from 4-5pm and Wednesday 4/2 from 5-6pm, both in GenEq (202 Cesar Chavez)!

Eliminating homophobia

Stopping hate crimes

Subverting sexism

Ending violence against women

Toppling transphobia

Redefining masculinities

Positions:· GenEq/Multicultural Community Center Liaison Create opportunities that explore the interconnections of gender, race, ethnicity and sexuality (application process through the MCC, see website for details)· Graphic Design Assist GenEq staff and interns with flyers, posters, logos and other design projects· Lavender Action Intern at locals LGBTQ non-profits like The Pacific Center, Our Family Coalition or the Transgender Law Center ·Prism: For leaders of LGBT and women’s organizations to enhance leadership skills·Program Assistants: Education, marketing, events (Cohorts: General, LGBT Community, Take Back the Night, and Women's Empowerment)·Queer People of Color Together:

An exciting opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students interested in Arctic environmental change. During this 16-day field excursion to Alaska's North Slope from June 6-21 2014, students will learn about Arctic vegetation, soils, landforms, permafrost, geology, wildlife and land-use along the incredible transect from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay, which traverses boreal forest, alpine, and Arctic biomes. Plant species and vegetation will be studied in the context of environmental gradients and methods for vegetation sampling and description will be taught. Students will undertake an independent research project of their choosing.

Ten days will be spent camping at different locations along the route. We will also stay at Toolik Field Station, a world-renowned Arctic research station. Guest instructors will discuss Arctic ecology and landscape features in greater detail at key points along the travel route.

The cost of meals, lodging and travel between the field sites is included in the course fee. Students will need to bring all-weather clothing including winter jackets and rubber boots, a warm sleeping bag, and a tent.

To attend the course, international students must apply by March 15, 2014 and meet Summer Sessions¹ guidelines for attending school in the United States. Visa and related document fees for entry into the U.S. are the responsibility of the student. Apply here.

Participating employers have job or internship opportunities for undergrads and grad students in Architecture, City and Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Urban Studies, and Sustainable Environmental Design. This is the perfect opportunity to meet with representatives from organizations such as Community Design + Architecture, JRDV Urban International, Populous, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), etc.

The Career Center is pleased to present this career fair with the College of Environmental Design (CED).

Open to all UC Berkeley students and current members of the Career Center's Alumni Advantage program. Bring your UC Berkeley SID (photo ID for alumni) and copies of your resume and/or portfolio.

Make a great first impression by preparing in advance!1. See which companies are coming before the fair. Log into Callisto at callisto.berkeley.edu to review this year's Career Fair Directory. Directory information is updated up to the day of the fair - be sure to check frequently. Hint - use the Advanced Search tab to search for participating companies by type of job or internship, majors and degree levels sought, etc.